Patient Access Specialist

Patient Access Specialist - Obesity

We are looking for an experienced Patient Access Specialist - Obesity to support the fast-growing Indian affiliate. India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is also one of the most dynamic and complex market in the Region APAC (Asia Pacific). While it offers unique opportunities for impacting the business, it will also support in accelerating your personal development.

The position

As a Patient Access Specialist – Obesity, you will be responsible for

• To initiate and implement Patient Awareness and Activation initiatives e.g. camps, HCP-PwO interaction, PSPs rollout.
• Build relationship and partnerships with patients, nutritionists and fitness organizations in cross-functional teamwork with MAPA in order to execute activities for better obesity care on national, regional and local level.
• You need to develop & implement both strategic and tactical plans for Patient Engagement initiatives in alignment with local and international strategies for Obesity.
• Ensure strong execution and management of strategy, tactics and project plans. You define pre and post business project KPI’s to focus team on core business priorities and ensure execution and management of strategy, tactics and project plans.
• Be the internal expert on obesity patient journeys always seeking to develop and share insights and understanding
• Develop network of dieticians, fitness experts, psychologists, influencers, professional organizations and patient organizations with aim to increase diagnosis and management of obesity
• Stay up to date on Patient Engagement initiatives driven by global NN guidelines as well as competitors.
• Engage with Medical, Marketing and MAPA to recognize external possibilities and internal responsibilities
• Evaluate appropriate use and allocation of resources to ensure attainment of unit, department and company profitability goals.
• Work closely with sales team to conduct patient awareness camps across the geographies – Work with key HCPs & MDT team.
• Work according to Business Ethic procedures, local law, Novo Nordisk Way, policies and guidelines.

Qualifications

You are a Life Sciences, Business or Marketing graduate or equivalent with 4+ years pharmaceutical experience within sales & marketing and have experience of working with Patient Organizations / Business development roles.

Any prior experience from handling events is an advantage

About the department

Novo Nordisk is a Denmark based multinational with leadership in diabetes. Novo Nordisk India affiliate office is located in Bangalore & has more than 1400 people working across the country in various functions. The Project Manager – Obesity position reports directly to the Lead Obesity Projects.

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk we recognise that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and the communities we operate in.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. We are happy to discuss flexible working, depending on the role and subject to business needs

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV and motivational letter online (click on Apply and follow the instructions). Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

Deadline

3 August 2021